Fly-chaser



A. BRUNELLE.

FLY CHASER.

APPLICATION man MAY 28. 1919.

1,338,810. v Patented May 4, 1920.

I wwwttoz fir Uw/r Brunelle aftoznuao UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR BRUNELLE, OF MADOC, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO L. GORDON, 0F FLAXVILLE, MONTANA.

FLY-CHASER.

Application filed May 28, 1919.

To all whom it may wacern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BRUNELLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madoc, in the county of Sheridan and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Fly-Chaser, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in fly chasers, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which is adapted to be secured to" a door frame in which is hinged a screen door and to be operated every time the door is opened, so that any flies that may be outside awaiting an opportunity to get in will be disturbed and driven away when the door is opened.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and. particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a door having my improved fly chaser mount-- ed on the door frame;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail of one of the movable supporting elements of the chaser; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device, the fringe supporting member being shown broken away.

The same characters of reference designate the same parts inthe different figures of the drawings.

Referring to thedrawings, 2 designates a pair of upstanding members forming a bracket adapted to be secured by screws or otherwise to the door frame and carrying a pair of curved arms 3 pivotally secured thereto, these arms being preferably bent as shown at 4 and riveted together at 5, said rivet serving to secure between the arms a lug 6 provided with a perforation at its free end. The arms 3 are bent apart at their free ends to form bearings for a roller 7 which is adapted to be engaged by the screen door 8 as it is opened. A helical spring 9 is hooked at one end thereof into the perforation of the lug 6 and has its opposite end hooked around a pin 10 that is secured in a pair .of elongated openings 11 formed in the upstanding portions of the" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Serial No. 300,352.

bracket, by means of which the ready removal of the pin when necessary is permitted. The rear ends of the arms 3 are provided with rollers 12 adapted to normally engage ears 13 bent up from the material of the bracket, thereby to limit the pivotal movement of the arms in the doorolosing direction. A. piece of wire 14, bent at right angles as shown in Fig. 1, is socurec at one end preferably the lower end thereof, to a curved member 15, the curvature of which conforms to the rear portion of the arms 3 and which is secured to or made part of the upper arm, the end of the wire being preferably in alinement with the pivotal connection of the arm with the bracket 2. The wire 14 is fixed to the plate or member 15 and arms 3, and rotatable in the upper and lower portions of thebracket 2. Attached to the horizontally extending portion of the wire, which portion is of sufficient length to extend across the entire width of the door, is a fringe member 16, formed of any suitable fabric.

The device described is secured to the door frame at the side thereof, with the roller 7 in engagement with the outside of the door. It will readily be seen that when the screen door is pushed open thespring 9 will be placed under tension, and when the door is released it will be forcibly returned to closed position. The opening and closing of the doorcauses the horizontal portion of the wire to be rocked back and forth and the fringe thereby violently shaken so that any flies outside of the door are driven off. It will be understood,-of course, that if desired the device may be mounted above the door, but in this case thewire would be straight instead of being bent at right angles.

While I have described in detail the structure herein illustrated, it is to be under stood that I do not thereby limit my invention to the precise features of construction shown, as I am aware that many mechanical changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a bracket adapted for attachment to a door frame having a door hinged therein, a pair of pivotally mounted arms carried by said bracket and adapted to engage the door whereby the arms are swung on their pivots when the door is opened, said arms having a vertical pivot and being horizontally disposed, a fringe-supporting member carried by the arms and adapted to eX- tend across the top of the door-opening, and a spring between the bracket and arms and adapted to forcibly close the door after the same has been opened.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a bracket adapted for attachment to a door frame having a door hinged therein, a pair of pivotally mounted arms carried by said bracket, said arms having at one end a roller journaled between them for engagement with the door, whereby the arms are swung on their pivots when the door is opened, a wire secured to one of said arms and adapted to move therewith when the arm is swung, said wire being bent at right angles and having a fringcsupport ing portion extending across the door-opening, a pair of lugs carried by said bracket, a pair of rollers carried by the arms at the rear ends thereof and adapted to normally engage said lugs thereby to limit movement of said arms in one direction, and a spring secured at, one end to the arms and at the other end to the bracket and adapted to forcibly close the door after the same has been opened.

A fly chaser, comprising a bracket for attachment to a door frame, an arm carried by said bracket, said arm being of arcuate formation and adapted for normal engagement with the face of the door, said door when opened being adapted to swing said arm on its pivot, a fringed member pivotally supported and actuated by said arm on the swinging of the door, and means to return said arm to the original position.

4. A fly chaser, comprising a bracket for attachment to a door frame, an arm carried by said bracket, said arm being of arcuate formation and adapted for normal engagement with the face of the door, said door when opened being adapted to swing said arm on its pivot, a fringed member pivotally supported and actuated by said arm on the swinging of the door, means to return said arm to itsoriginal position, an antifriction member at the free end ofthe arm for engagement with the door, and means to limit the movement of the arm in an opposite direction on the closing of the door.

5. A fly chaser comprising a bracket for attachment to a door frame, an arm carried by said bracket, said arm being of arcuate formation and adapted for normal engagement with the face of the door, said door when opened being adapted to swing said arm on its pivot, a fringed member'pivotally supported and actuated by said arm on the swinging of the door, means to return said arm to its original position, an antifriotion member at the free end of the arm for engagement with the door, a lug on the bracket limiting movement of the arm, said arm having an extension at the opposite end thereof, and an anti-friction member on said extension adapted for en-' gagement by the door to return the device to an original position in conjunction with said returning means. I

6. A device of the class described, comprising a bracket adapted for attachment to a door frame having a door hinged therein, a pair of pivotally mounted arms carried by said bracket, said arms having at one end a roller journaled between them for engagement with the door, whereby the arms are swung on their pivots when the door is opened, a wire secured to one of said arms and adapted to move therewith when the arm is swung, said wire being bent at right angles and having a fringe supporting portion extending across the door opening, and a spring secured at one end to the arms and at the other end to the bracket and adapted to forcibly close the door after the same has been opened.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR BRUNELLE.

lVitne sses:

E. H. E. HnLensoN, A. J. WOOD. 

